The Trial of German Major War Criminals

Sitting at Nuremberg, GermanyMay 2 to
May 13, 1946

NOTE: Statements by Defence witnesses contained in preceding
parts of this publication which were made in examination by
Counsel for the defendants mentioned below, are included in
this Table of Contents only if considered of particular
relevance.

A list showing the names of all other witnesses, preceding
as well as subsequent, and the respective page numbers will
appear in that part of the publication which covers the end
of the
Defence phase.

The case for SCHACHT (concluded):
Oral evidence of defendant Schacht, given on DAYS 119 and
120, 2 and 3.5.46:
on Activities before Nazi seizure of power;
Attitude to Jewish question:
to colonial question,
to Hitler's territorial acquisitions; Austria;
Czechoslovakia;
Rearmament; Conflict with Goering, Struggle for release from
his posts;
Attempts to overthrow Hitler; Peace efforts; Defendant's
internment in concentration camp.

Witnesses :
Oral evidence given on DAY 120, 3.5.46 by Wilhelm Vocke, Member of
Reichsbank Directorate:
On:
Defendant's motives for financing rearmament,
His struggle for release from his posts,
His opinion about Hitler:
Initial attitude.

Oral Evidence given in Volume 12 by Dr. H. B. Gisevius,
On:
Defendant's motives for financing rearmament;
His struggle for release from his posts;
His opinion about Hitler:
Initial attitude,
Gradual change to enmity - Fritsch crisis as turning point,
His part in conspiracy against Hitler.
Peace efforts

The case for FUNK:
Oral evidence of defendant Funk, given on Days 120, 121, 122, 123, 3, 4, 6
and 7.5-46
on Personal data; First meeting with Hitler; Defendant's economic principles.
His activities as Reich Press Chief and in the Propaganda Ministry; Scope
of his positions as Minister of Economics,; as Plenipotentiary for Economy;
as Reichsbank President;
His role in preparation for war; particularly against US.S.R.;
Persecution of Jews; Economic looting of occupied territories; Foreign
labour; SS deliveries of i.a. dental gold to Reichsbank, (see Part 14: oral
evidence of witnesses Puhl and Toms on 15.5-46).
Examined on 6 and 7.5.46 by Counsel for other defendants

Witnesses:
Oral evidence given on 7.5-46 by Franz Hayler, Under Sec. of State to Ministry of Economics:
On Defendant's character;
Economic looting;
Foreign labour.
Oral evidence given in Part 9
by Defendant Goering:
On
his positions and their limitations.
Oral Evidence given in Part 11
by Dr. H. H. Lammers
on
his positions and their limitations;
His role in preparation of Russian campaign.
Oral Evidence given in Part 11 by Dr. H. Neubacher
on Efforts for recovery of Greek economy

The case for DONITZ:
Prosecution's views, Defence Counsel's reply and Prosecution's rejoinder on
relevance of documents - Tribunal's ruling upon admissibility of evidence

Oral evidence of defendant Donitz, given on DAYS 124, 125, 126, 8, 9 and
10.5-46.
on His career and tasks as Commander of U-Boat Arm, Relations to Hitler;
Indoctrination of Navy in Nazi ideology, Rules for conduct of U-Boat
warfare; Its intensification: Sinking without warning; Abstention from
rescue; Hitler's suggestion for annihilation of survivors, Defendant's
order of
17-9-42, its motivation (Laconia case) and its ambiguity; Attacks on neutrals,
Commando order; Concentration camp labour for shipbuilding; The Athenia case.

Examined on DAYS 125, 126 9 and 10.5.46 by Counsel for other defendants.
Documentary evidence, presented on DAYS 126, 127, 128, 10, 11 and 13.5-46.
on U-Boat warfare and reasons for its intensification; Treatment of
neutrals; Rescue of survivors; Defendant's attitude to Nazi Party

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